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		<description>Lectures, readings, performances and discussions presented by the Library Foundation of Los Angeles.</description>
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		<copyright>Copyright 2008 Los Angeles Public Library: ALOUD at Central Library</copyright>
		<pubDate>tue, 20 may 2008 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama</title>
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				<itunes:subtitle>Pico Iyer explores the hidden life, the singular thinking, and the daily challenges of the Dalai Lama.</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary>Drawn from a three-decades-long conversation with the Dalai Lama, Pico Iyer explores the hidden life, the singular thinking, and the daily challenges of a global icon.</itunes:summary>
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				<description>Drawn from a three-decades-long conversation with the Dalai Lama, Pico Iyer explores the hidden life, the singular thinking, and the daily challenges of a global icon.</description>
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				<pubDate>tue, 22 jun 2008 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<title>Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet</title>
				<itunes:author>ALOUD at the Central Library</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle>Jeffrey Sachs discusses his road map to sustainable and equitable global prosperity.</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary>Jeffrey Sachs, author of the bestseller The End of Poverty, discusses his road map to sustainable and equitable global prosperity with Ira Jackson, Dean of Claremont Graduate University's School of Management.</itunes:summary>
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				<description>Jeffrey Sachs, author of the bestseller The End of Poverty, discusses his road map to sustainable and equitable global prosperity with Ira Jackson, Dean of Claremont Graduate University's School of Management.</description>
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				<pubDate>tue, 20 may 2008 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<itunes:duration>1:07:40</itunes:duration>
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				<title>Katha Pollitt, "When the Personal Becomes Political"</title>
				<itunes:author>ALOUD at the Central Library</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle>The acclaimed poet and columnist for The Nation discussses her new book of essays.</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary>The acclaimed poet and columnist for The Nation discusses her new book of essays dealing with sex, death, ex-lovers, politics, motherhood, aging, and learning to drive.</itunes:summary>
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				<description>The acclaimed poet and columnist for The Nation discusses her new book of essays dealing with sex, death, ex-lovers, politics, motherhood, aging, and learning to drive.</description>
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				<pubDate>fri, 7 mar 2008 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<itunes:duration>1:12:47</itunes:duration>
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				<title>"An Evening with Poet Robert Hass"</title>
				<itunes:author>ALOUD at the Central Library</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle>Essayist, translator, and activist on behalf of poetry, literacy, and the environment.</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary>Essayist, translator, and activist on behalf of poetry, literacy, and the environment, the former United States Laureate is a poet of great clarity and force. Poet Stanley Kunitz wrote, "Reading a poem by Robert Hass is like stepping into the ocean when the temperature of the water is different from that of the air. You scarcely know, until you feel the undertow tug at you, that you have entered into another element."</itunes:summary>
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				<description>Essayist, translator, and activist on behalf of poetry, literacy, and the environment, the former United States Laureate is a poet of great clarity and force. Poet Stanley Kunitz wrote, "Reading a poem by Robert Hass is like stepping into the ocean when the temperature of the water is different from that of the air. You scarcely know, until you feel the undertow tug at you, that you have entered into another element."</description>
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				<pubDate>fri, 11 jan 2008 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<itunes:duration>50:40</itunes:duration>
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				<title>"Two Actors, Two Authors, Two Lives"</title>
				<itunes:author>ALOUD at the Central Library</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle>A conversation with Alan Alda and Mike Farrell.</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary>Alda and Farrell, former co-stars of M*A*S*H, both authors of recent memoirs, re-unite to discuss art, activism, family, money, and fame.</itunes:summary>
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				<description>Alda and Farrell, former co-stars of M*A*S*H, both authors of recent memoirs, re-unite to discuss art, activism, family, money, and fame.</description>
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				<pubDate>thu, 25 oct 2007 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<itunes:duration>1:07:12</itunes:duration>
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				<title>Armistead Maupin, Michael Tolliver Lives</title>
				<itunes:author>ALOUD at the Central Library</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle>In conversation with novelist Noel Alumit.</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary>In conversation with novelist Noel Alumit. Thirty years later, the central gay character of Tales of the City is an HIV+ gardener living in San Francisco facing issues of aging he never expected to face.  This recording contains language that some listeners may find disturbing.  Listener discretion is advised.</itunes:summary>
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				<description>In conversation with novelist Noel Alumit. Thirty years later, the central gay character of Tales of the City is an HIV+ gardener living in San Francisco facing issues of aging he never expected to face.  This recording contains language that some listeners may find disturbing.  Listener discretion is advised.</description>
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				<pubDate>fri, 7 sep 2007 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<itunes:duration>1:10:01</itunes:duration>
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				<title>Michael Eric Dyson, "Debating Race"</title>
				<itunes:author>ALOUD at the Central Library</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle>Never shy of controversy, Michael Eric Dyson sits down with Los Angeles Times columnist Gregory Rodriguez to discuss issues that matter.</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary>Whether chronicling the class conflict in the African American community or exposing the failings of the government response to Hurricane Katrina, Dyson never shies away from controversy. Join two of America's most astute intellectuals as Dyson speaks with Los Angeles Times columnist Gregory Rodriguez about issues that matter.</itunes:summary>
				<link>http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/on-demand/podcasts/</link>
				<description>Whether chronicling the class conflict in the African American community or exposing the failings of the government response to Hurricane Katrina, Dyson never shies away from controversy. Join two of America's most astute intellectuals as Dyson speaks with Los Angeles Times columnist Gregory Rodriguez about issues that matter.</description>
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				<pubDate>wed, 1 aug 2007 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<itunes:duration>1:23:20</itunes:duration>
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				<title>Reza Aslan and Sam Harris, "Can Religion and Reason Be Reconciled?"</title>
				<itunes:author>ALOUD at the Central Library</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle>Aslan and Harris discuss the future of religion and its role in society.</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary>LA Times book critic Jonathan Kirsch moderates a conversation between Aslan and Harris, squaring off for the first time to debate the future of religion and its role in society.</itunes:summary>
				<link>http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/on-demand/podcasts/</link>
				<description>LA Times book critic Jonathan Kirsch moderates a conversation between Aslan and Harris, squaring off for the first time to debate the future of religion and its role in society.</description>
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				<pubDate>wed, 13 jun 2007 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<itunes:duration>1:28:02</itunes:duration>
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				<title>Irshad Manjim, "Faith Without Fear"</title>
				<itunes:author>ALOUD at the Central Library</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle>Writer Irshad Manji joins a panel discussion following a screening of PBS' "Faith Without Fear."</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary>Writer Irshad Manji joins Executive Director of the Progressive Muslim Union Ani Zonneveld and Executive Director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council Salam Al-Marayati in a conversation following a screening of the recent PBS special "Faith Without Fear" from "America at a Crossroads," moderated by Val Zavala.</itunes:summary>
				<link>http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/on-demand/podcasts/</link>
				<description>Writer Irshad Manji joins Executive Director of the Progressive Muslim Union Ani Zonneveld and Executive Director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council Salam Al-Marayati in a conversation following a screening of the recent PBS special "Faith Without Fear" from "America at a Crossroads," moderated by Val Zavala.</description>
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				<pubDate>wed, 25 apr 2007 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<itunes:duration>1:00:05</itunes:duration>
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				<title>Edna O'Brien, The Light of Evening: A Novel</title>
				<itunes:author>ALOUD at the Central Library</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle>Edna O'Brien and writer Vanessa Place discuss O'Brien's daring new work that explores the mother-daughter bond.</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary>In conversation with writer Vanessa Place, special introduction by Angelica Huston. The great Irish novelist - known as a pioneer for her frank portrayals of women - discusses her daring new work that explores the unbreakable bond between mother and child.</itunes:summary>
				<link>http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/on-demand/podcasts/</link>
				<description>In conversation with writer Vanessa Place, special introduction by Angelica Huston. The great Irish novelist - known as a pioneer for her frank portrayals of women - discusses her daring new work that explores the unbreakable bond between mother and child.</description>
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				<pubDate>wed, 21 feb 2007 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<itunes:duration>1:08:32</itunes:duration>
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				<title>Hazel Rowley, Tete a Tete: Simone de Beavoir and Jean-Paul Sartre</title>
				<itunes:author>ALOUD at the Central Library</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle>Hazel Rowley and Lyndia Obst discuss Simone de Beavoir and Jean-Paul Sartre.</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary>Rowley, a distinguished biographer and Lynda Obst, legendary producer of films such as "Sleepless in Seattle," offer an intimate look at one of the world's most unconventional love stories.</itunes:summary>
				<link>http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/on-demand/podcasts/</link>
				<description>Rowley, a distinguished biographer and Lynda Obst, legendary producer of films such as "Sleepless in Seattle," offer an intimate look at one of the world's most unconventional love stories.</description>
				<enclosure url="http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/on-demand/podcasts/podcast-media/lapl-hazel-rowley.mp3" length="38955992" type="audio/mpeg"/>
				<pubDate>wed, 17 jan 2007 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<itunes:duration>1:13:47</itunes:duration>
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				<title>Mary Gordon, "A Writer's Life"</title>
				<itunes:author>ALOUD at the Central Library</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle>Bernadette Murphy and Mary Gordon discuss Gordon's writing upon the publication of her complete works.</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary>In conversation with Bernadette Murphy, one of America's master story-tellers probes the lives of her characters and how the workings of the world - both enormous events and intimate moments - define and change us. She discusses her writing life on the publication of the complete collection of her remarkable short fictions.</itunes:summary>
				<link>http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/on-demand/podcasts/</link>
				<description>In conversation with Bernadette Murphy, one of America's master story-tellers probes the lives of her characters and how the workings of the world - both enormous events and intimate moments - define and change us. She discusses her writing life on the publication of the complete collection of her remarkable short fictions.</description>
				<enclosure url="http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/on-demand/podcasts/podcast-media/lapl-mary-gordon.mp3" length="35510427" type="audio/mpeg"/>
				<pubDate>wed, 6 dec 2006 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<itunes:duration>1:07:42</itunes:duration>
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				<title>Spying on the Bomb: American Nuclear Intelligence</title>
				<itunes:author>ALOUD at the Central Library</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle>Jeffrey Richelson and Mike Shuster discuss the global history of U.S. nuclear intelligence.</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary>Jeffrey Richelson, a senior fellow at the National Security
Archive and author of The Wizards of Langley discusses his global history of U.S. nuclear espionage with NPR foreign correspondent Mike Shuster.</itunes:summary>
				<link>http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/on-demand/podcasts/</link>
				<description>Jeffrey Richelson, a senior fellow at the National Security
Archive and author of The Wizards of Langley discusses his global history of U.S. nuclear espionage with NPR foreign correspondent Mike Shuster.</description>
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				<pubDate>mon, 30 oct 2006 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<itunes:duration>51:29</itunes:duration>
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				<title>George Packer, The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq</title>
				<itunes:author>ALOUD at the Central Library</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle>George Packer talks with Mike Shuster about America in Iraq.</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary>Packer, award-winning staff writer for The New Yorker, talks with NPR Foreign Correspondent Mike Shuster and explores the full range of ideas and emotions stirred up by our most controversial foreign-policy venture since Vietnam.</itunes:summary>
				<link>http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/on-demand/podcasts/</link>
				<description>Packer, award-winning staff writer for The New Yorker, talks with NPR Foreign Correspondent Mike Shuster and explores the full range of ideas and emotions stirred up by our most controversial foreign-policy venture since Vietnam.</description>
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				<pubDate>thu, 21 sep 2006 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<itunes:duration>01:15:14</itunes:duration>
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				<title>The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals</title>
				<itunes:author>ALOUD at the Central Library</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle>Join bestselling author Michael J. Pollan in conversation with Laurie Winer.</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary>Why has a question as simple as what should we eat gotten so complicated? Join Michael Pollan, bestselling author of The Botany of Desire, in conversation with Laurie Winer, frequent contributor to the L.A. Times Food section, as they explore the ecology of eating in America today.</itunes:summary>
				<link>http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/on-demand/podcasts/</link>
				<description>Why has a question as simple as what should we eat gotten so complicated? Join Michael Pollan, bestselling author of The Botany of Desire, in conversation with Laurie Winer, frequent contributor to the L.A. Times Food section, as they explore the ecology of eating in America today.</description>
				<enclosure url="http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/on-demand/podcasts/podcast-media/lapl-pollan-winer.mp3" length="40744347" type="audio/mpeg"/>
				<pubDate>thu, 31 aug 2006 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<itunes:duration>01:14:17</itunes:duration>
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				<title>"The Battle Over Books" - Taking on the Google Books Library Project</title>
				<itunes:author>ALOUD at the Central Library</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle>A provocative discussion about the competing interests raised by The Google Books Library Project.</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary>A provocative discussion about the competing interests raised by The Google Books Library Project, and whether a universal digital repository of our collective knowledge is in our future. With: Allan Adler, Anne Connor, Jonathan Kirsch, Lawrence Lessig, and Gary Wolf.</itunes:summary>
				<link>http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/on-demand/podcasts/</link>
				<description>A provocative discussion about the competing interests raised by The Google Books Library Project, and whether a universal digital repository of our collective knowledge is in our future. With: Allan Adler, Anne Connor, Jonathan Kirsch, Lawrence Lessig, and Gary Wolf.</description>
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				<pubDate>fri, 21 jul 2006 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<itunes:duration>01:29:07</itunes:duration>
				<itunes:keywords>battle, over, books, google, library, project, adler, connor,  kirsch, lawrence, lessig, wolf</itunes:keywords>
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				<title>James Hillman on "A Terrible Love of War"</title>
				<itunes:author>ALOUD at the Central Library</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle>Hillman, one of the central figures in psychology in the 20th and 21st centuries, the best-selling author of The Soul's Code, undertakes a groundbreaking examination of the psychological origins, needs, and rewards of war.</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary>Hillman, one of the central figures in psychology in the 20th and 21st centuries, the best-selling author of The Soul's Code, undertakes a groundbreaking examination of the psychological origins, needs, and rewards of war.</itunes:summary>
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				<description>Hillman, one of the central figures in psychology in the 20th and 21st centuries, the best-selling author of The Soul's Code, undertakes a groundbreaking examination of the psychological origins, needs, and rewards of war.</description>
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				<pubDate>mon, 10 jul 2006 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<itunes:duration>01:11:27</itunes:duration>
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				<title>Octavia E. Butler in Conversation with Akasha Gloria Hull</title>
				<itunes:author>ALOUD at the Central Library</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle>Butler, one of the world's great science fiction writers, explores the limits of "otherness" in her new novel - the story of a young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly unhuman needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion.</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary>Butler, one of the world's great science fiction writers, explores the limits of "otherness" in her new novel - the story of a young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly unhuman needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion.</itunes:summary>
				<link>http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/on-demand/podcasts/</link>
				<description>Butler, one of the world's great science fiction writers, explores the limits of "otherness" in her new novel - the story of a young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly unhuman needs and abilities lead her to a startling conclusion.</description>
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				<pubDate>wed, 14 jun 2006 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<itunes:duration>01:03:34</itunes:duration>
				<itunes:keywords>octavia, butler, akasha, gloria, hull, science, fiction, writer, otherness, amnesiac, unhuman, startling</itunes:keywords>
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				<title>"The Coming Reformation of Islam," a Conversation with Reza Aslan and Jack Miles</title>
				<itunes:author>ALOUD at the Central Library</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle>Reza Aslan and Jack Miles at the LA Central Library</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary>Join two brilliant scholars of religion for a fascinating discussion on the internal conflict within Islam over the scope and outcome of the Islamic Reformation.</itunes:summary>
				<link>http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/on-demand/podcasts/</link>
				<description>Join two brilliant scholars of religion for a fascinating discussion on the internal conflict within Islam over the scope and outcome of the Islamic Reformation.</description>
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				<pubDate>tue, 02 May 2006 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<itunes:duration>01:19:34</itunes:duration>
				<itunes:keywords>reza, aslan, jack, miles, islam, reformation, internal, conflict, moslem, muslim, religion</itunes:keywords>
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				<title>An Evening with Adam Zagajewski</title>
				<itunes:author>ALOUD at the Central Library</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle>Adam Zagajewski at the LA Central Library</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary>Considered the pre-eminent poet of his generation in Poland, Zagajewski writes poems that allow us "to experience astonishment and to stop still in that astonishment for a long moment or two." He reads at ALOUD for National Poetry Month.</itunes:summary>
				<link>http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/on-demand/podcasts/</link>
				<description>Considered the pre-eminent poet of his generation in Poland, Zagajewski writes poems that allow us "to experience astonishment and to stop still in that astonishment for a long moment or two." He reads at ALOUD for National Poetry Month.</description>
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				<pubDate>tue, 18 apr 2006 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<itunes:duration>53:36</itunes:duration>
				<itunes:keywords>Central, Library, Adam, Zagajewski, poet, louise, steinman, national, poetry, month</itunes:keywords>
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				<title>Part 1: Anna Pavord, The Naming of Names: The Search for Order in the World of Plants</title>
				<itunes:author>ALOUD at the Central Library</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle>Anna Pavord, The Naming of Names: The Search for Order in the World of Plants (Part 1)</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary>The author of the worldwide bestseller, &quot;The Tulip&quot;, takes us on a thrilling adventure into botanical history, from Athens in third century BC to Padua in the 15th century; and involving the cultured scholars of Islam, the first expeditions to the Indies and the first settlers in the New World.</itunes:summary>
				<link>http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/on-demand/podcasts/</link>
				<description>The author of the worldwide bestseller, &quot;The Tulip&quot;, takes us on a thrilling adventure into botanical history, from Athens in third century BC to Padua in the 15th century; and involving the cultured scholars of Islam, the first expeditions to the Indies and the first settlers in the New World.</description>
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				<pubDate>thu, 23 mar 2006 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<itunes:duration>28:15</itunes:duration>
				<itunes:keywords>Anna, Pavord, plants, botany, botanical, The, Tulip</itunes:keywords>
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				<title>Part 2: Anna Pavord, The Naming of Names: The Search for Order in the World of Plants</title>
				<itunes:author>ALOUD at the Central Library</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle>Anna Pavord, The Naming of Names: The Search for Order in the World of Plants (Part 2)</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary>The author of the worldwide bestseller, &quot;The Tulip&quot;, takes us on a thrilling adventure into botanical history, from Athens in third century BC to Padua in the 15th century; and involving the cultured scholars of Islam, the first expeditions to the Indies and the first settlers in the New World.</itunes:summary>
				<link>http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/on-demand/podcasts/</link>
				<description>The author of the worldwide bestseller, &quot;The Tulip&quot;, takes us on a thrilling adventure into botanical history, from Athens in third century BC to Padua in the 15th century; and involving the cultured scholars of Islam, the first expeditions to the Indies and the first settlers in the New World.</description>
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				<pubDate>thu, 23 mar 2006 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<itunes:duration>30:01</itunes:duration>
				<itunes:keywords>Anna, Pavord, plants, botany, botanical, The, Tulip</itunes:keywords>
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				<title>John Hope Franklin and Tavis Smiley: &quot;Mirror to America: A Conversation about History, Race, Politics, and the Future of America&quot;</title>
				<itunes:author>ALOUD at the Central Library</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle>John Hope Franklin and Tavis Smiley: &quot;Mirror to America: A Conversation about History, Race, Politics, and the Future of America&quot;</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary>Franklin, one of the country&apos;s great historians, has dedicated his life to the pursuit of equality. He discusses that odyssey with Tavis Smiley, one of America&apos;s premier journalists.</itunes:summary>
				<link>http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/on-demand/podcasts/</link>
				<description>Franklin, one of the country&apos;s great historians, has dedicated his life to the pursuit of equality. He discusses that odyssey with Tavis Smiley, one of America&apos;s premier journalists.</description>
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				<pubDate>wed, 02 mar 2006 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<itunes:duration>1:21:52</itunes:duration>
				<itunes:keywords>John, Hope, Franklin, Tavis, Smiley, Mirror, to, America, history, race, politics, future</itunes:keywords>
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				<title>Novelists Janes Smiley and Marianne Wiggins: Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel</title>
				<itunes:author>ALOUD at the Central Library</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle>Novelists Janes Smiley and Marianne Wiggins: Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary>Two great writers celebrate the novel - from the 1,000 year-old "Tale of Genji" to Zadie Smith&apos;s recent bestseller &quot;White Teeth&quot;; from classics to little-known gems.</itunes:summary>
				<link>http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/on-demand/podcasts/</link>
				<description>Two great writers celebrate the novel - from the 1,000 year-old &quot;Tale of Genji&quot; to Zadie Smith&apos;s recent bestseller &quot;White Teeth&quot;; from classics to little-known gems.</description>
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				<pubDate>thu, 26 jan 2006 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<itunes:duration>53:14</itunes:duration>
				<itunes:keywords>Jane, Smiley, Marianne, Wiggins, Thirteen, Ways, of, Looking, at, the, Novel, Genji</itunes:keywords>
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				<title>Part 1: Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Story of Forgiveness.</title>
				<itunes:author>ALOUD at the Central Library</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle>Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Story of Forgiveness. In conversation with author, Louise Steinman (Part 1)</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary>What does it mean when we discover that the incarnation of evil is as frighteningly human as we are?  Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, a psychologist who grew up in a black South African township and served on the Human Rights Violations Committee of South Africa&apos;s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, reflects on her interviews with Eugene de Kock, the commanding officer of state-sanctioned death squads under apartheid.</itunes:summary>
				<link>http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/on-demand/podcasts/</link>
				<description>What does it mean when we discover that the incarnation of evil is as frighteningly human as we are?  Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, a psychologist who grew up in a black South African township and served on the Human Rights Violations Committee of South Africa&apos;s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, reflects on her interviews with Eugene de Kock, the commanding officer of state-sanctioned death squads under apartheid.</description>
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				<pubDate>fri, 16 dec 2005 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<itunes:duration>33:12</itunes:duration>
				<itunes:keywords>Pumla, Gobodo, Madikizela, psychologist, black, South, African, Human, Rights, Violations, Committee, Africa</itunes:keywords>
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				<title>Part 2: Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Story of Forgiveness.</title>
				<itunes:author>ALOUD at the Central Library</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle>Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Story of Forgiveness. In conversation with author, Louise Steinman (Part 2)</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary>What does it mean when we discover that the incarnation of evil is as frighteningly human as we are?  Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, a psychologist who grew up in a black South African township and served on the Human Rights Violations Committee of South Africa&apos;s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, reflects on her interviews with Eugene de Kock, the commanding officer of state-sanctioned death squads under apartheid.</itunes:summary>
				<link>http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/on-demand/podcasts/</link>
				<description>What does it mean when we discover that the incarnation of evil is as frighteningly human as we are?  Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, a psychologist who grew up in a black South African township and served on the Human Rights Violations Committee of South Africa&apos;s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, reflects on her interviews with Eugene de Kock, the commanding officer of state-sanctioned death squads under apartheid.</description>
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				<pubDate>fri, 16 dec 2005 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<itunes:duration>22:18</itunes:duration>
				<itunes:keywords>Pumla, Gobodo, Madikizela, South, African, township, Truth, and, Reconciliation, Commission</itunes:keywords>
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				<title>Part 1: Paul Roberts, author of &quot;The End of Oil: On the Edge in a Perilous New World&quot;</title>
				<itunes:author>ALOUD at the Central Library</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle>&quot;The End of Oil,&quot; a panel discussion at the downtown Central Library featuring author, Paul Roberts (Part 1)</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary>&quot;The End of Oil,&quot; a panel discussion at the downtown Central Library featuring author, Paul Roberts and David Freeman, president of the Hydrogen Car Company, Bill Reinert, executive with the Advanced Technologies Group, Toyota, and Dr. J. Gutterman, associate producer of preventive medicine, University of Southern California, co-investigator with USC&apos;s Children&apos;s Health Study</itunes:summary>
				<link>http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/on-demand/podcasts/</link>
				<description>&quot;The End of Oil,&quot; a panel discussion at the downtown Central Library featuring author, Paul Roberts and David Freeman, president of the Hydrogen Car Company, Bill Reinert, executive with the Advanced Technologies Group, Toyota, and Dr. J. Gutterman, associate producer of preventive medicine, University of Southern California, co-investigator with USC&apos;s Children&apos;s Health Study.</description>
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				<pubDate>fri, 18 nov 2005 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<itunes:duration>28:23</itunes:duration>
				<itunes:keywords>The, End, of, Oil, panel, discussion, downtown, Paul, Roberts, David, Freeman, Hydrogen</itunes:keywords>
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				<title>Part 2: Paul Roberts, author of &quot;The End of Oil: On the Edge in a Perilous New World&quot;</title>
				<itunes:author>ALOUD at the Central Library</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle>&quot;The End of Oil,&quot; a panel discussion at the downtown Central Library featuring author, Paul Roberts (Part 2)</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary>&quot;The End of Oil,&quot; a panel discussion at the downtown Central Library featuring author, Paul Roberts and David Freeman, president of the Hydrogen Car Company, Bill Reinert, executive with the Advanced Technologies Group, Toyota, and Dr. J. Gutterman, associate producer of preventive medicine, University of Southern California, co-investigator with USC&apos;s Children&apos;s Health Study</itunes:summary>
				<link>http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/on-demand/podcasts/</link>
				<description>&quot;The End of Oil,&quot; a panel discussion at the downtown Central Library featuring author, Paul Roberts and David Freeman, president of the Hydrogen Car Company, Bill Reinert, executive with the Advanced Technologies Group, Toyota, and Dr. J. Gutterman, associate producer of preventive medicine, University of Southern California, co-investigator with USC&apos;s Children&apos;s Health Study.</description>
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				<pubDate>fri, 18 nov 2005 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<itunes:duration>22:47</itunes:duration>
				<itunes:keywords>Bill, Reinert, Advanced, Technologies, Group, Toyota, Gutterman, preventive, medicine, USC</itunes:keywords>
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				<title>Part 1: Richard P. Feynman: Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track: The Letters of Richard P. Feynman</title>
				<itunes:author>ALOUD at the Central Library</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle>An evening with friends of the beloved and legendary physicist Richard P. Feynman.</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary>An evening with some friends of the beloved and legendary physicist Richard P. Feynman: astronomer Virginia Trimble, historian of physics Valentine Telegdi, and Nobel Laureate in physics, Douglas Osheroff.</itunes:summary>
				<link>http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/on-demand/podcasts/</link>
				<description>An evening with some friends of the beloved and legendary physicist Richard P. Feynman: astronomer Virginia Trimble, historian of physics Valentine Telegdi, and Nobel Laureate in physics, Douglas Osheroff.</description>
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				<pubDate>fri, 28 oct 2005 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<itunes:duration>24:39</itunes:duration>
				<itunes:keywords>physicist, Richard, Feynman, Caltech, astronomer, Virginia, Trimble, physics, Valentine, Telegdi, Douglas, Osheroff</itunes:keywords>
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				<title>Part 2: Richard P. Feynman: Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track: The Letters of Richard P. Feynman</title>
				<itunes:author>ALOUD at the Central Library</itunes:author>
				<itunes:subtitle>An evening with friends of the beloved and legendary physicist Richard P. Feynman.</itunes:subtitle>
				<itunes:summary>An evening with some friends of the beloved and legendary physicist Richard P. Feynman: astronomer Virginia Trimble, historian of physics Valentine Telegdi, and Nobel Laureate in physics, Douglas Osheroff.</itunes:summary>
				<link>http://www.kcet.org/explore-ca/on-demand/podcasts/</link>
				<description>An evening with some friends of the beloved and legendary physicist Richard P. Feynman: astronomer Virginia Trimble, historian of physics Valentine Telegdi, and Nobel Laureate in physics, Douglas Osheroff.</description>
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				<pubDate>fri, 28 oct 2005 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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				<itunes:duration>35:55</itunes:duration>
				<itunes:keywords>physicist, Richard, Feynman, Caltech, astronomer, Virginia, Trimble, physics, Valentine, Telegdi, Douglas, Osheroff</itunes:keywords>
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